Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^PRBACHHR i>kau ?..reachwT"gow! for More i rha.. sixty Year.. I v T NlTMcBlrath, 86, of Imoaouville, one of Greenville PLst known colored minis r. al his home last Saturday, L? ??<* ?{honura w?uk ILntf his ueople during the [if cifWtury, sayn the Greenville . a giave McKlrath early took ministry and during his long Lf ttirvice among his people |*nd? to'the Master and bet L ?nd living. Me had been, |mr over 60 years and was mod 0f the Tijtfor Kiver association year*, having presided over the of that body for more than cades. flev. McElrath was the father Ey-three children, ten of whom ?g all being deserving, hard citizens. Fifty-nine grand survive the old darky preatfl fare now mourning his loss, jjceased minister was said to eached more than a thousand' during his 60 years in the He was a counselor to the lin time of distress and was f for miles around to conduct rites over falling members of venerable negro was in model ancial circumstances, as mem his race would say. He owned portable little farm home and ed there for many many years. -r feinberg Case Delayed. [stree, Oct. 20.?>The court of I sessions convened here this [g with Judge Thos. S. Sease ng. The docket was light and Adjourned at noon. The ease L,. Weinberg, indicted for the of Mrs. Koona and children iy, was to have been tried at rm, but it was announced by Lrg's attorney, Leroy Lee, that fendant was in the state hos ad physically unfit to come to ?MAKES HIS ESCAPE \r locks Jailer in apd Calmly Walka Out. ster, Oct. 19.?George Wash a twenty-three-year-old negro, jail here on two charges of y and grand larceny, made ipe yesterday morning and i3 large. He made his escape ezing himself through a small er a door to a partition made bars, cutting the prisoners ii the door of entrance. The secreted himself in a narrow way to the left of the door. ;he jailer opened the door and to the iron grating to give the rs breakfast the negro stepped the door and locked the jailer nd made his escape before the wife could unlock - the door ease the jailer. Although the jail is more than 100 years old much anticJUAced, thTs Ts the ne a prisoner has escaped dur fivt'-year term of the present The sheriff and jailer are nuch worried over the escape eriflf Hunter has offered a re f $100 personally for the ne [arrest and delivery at any He is described as being 23 old, though he looks younger; inger cake color, about five and jlf feet in height and weighs 50 pounds. He had some fresh nder his left eye and a small on his upper lip and on the if his head. ezing of the Baltic sea stops Ing from northern, points of len as early at October, and con M its grip until June. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF *te of South Carolina, County of.Kerabai* (In the Court of Common Picas) Enterprise Building and Loan Association of Camden, S. C., Plaintiff, ri y against JAfnes Bracy, Defendant. To the Defendant: .. *ou are hereby summoned and re ared to answer the complaint in fi,~. action whicji ban -been this day >n the office of the Clerk of the J?urt of Common Plea* for the said ^?Qnty, and to serve a . copy of your ?o*wer to the said complaint on the briber at his office at Camden, C., within twenty days after the ?jrvice hereof, exclusive of the dsy or ?och service; and if you fail to the complaint within the aforesaid, the plaintiff in this J?tion will apply to the Court for felief demanded in the complaint. LAURENS T. MILLS, . Plaintiff's Attorney. D?t*d Oct Id, 1924, Camden, 8. C. Defendant;: You win nW 21 con*pl i?*0 w< of Cat Ah Good as a Lawyer. A prisoner being tried at the Cork Assizes was not professionally repre* seated.. Before proceeding with the ease the judge, addressing him, said: "This is a very serious -offense you ai'o charged with. If you are convicted it means a long term of imprison ment. Have you no counsel or solici tor to look after your defense?" The prisoner in the most eonlklen* tial manner leaned over the dock and ivplipd: "No, my lord 1 have no coun sel, not even a solicitor, but 1 am pleased to be able to inform your lordship that I have very good friends on the jury."?Exchange. K. L. Broom, an operative of the Republic mills at Great Falls, com mitted suicide Wednesday night by shooting himself in the right temgle with a 38 caliber revolver. Coronfcr J. Henry Gladden investigated the occurrence, but deeided that no for mal inquest was necessary, as the facts in the ease were evident NOTICE OF ELECTION State of South Carolina, u County of Kershaw. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for State and County Officers will be held at the voting precincts prescribed by law in said county, on Tuesday, November 4, 1924, said day being Tuesday follow ing the first Monday in November, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election require of very elector offering to vote at any eleetion, before allowing him to vote, the production of his registration cer tificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed against him and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or, of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes, shall be conclusive proof the payment thereof. Section 239, Code of 1922. Section 239. There shall be three separate and distinct ballots, as fol lows: One ballot for United States Senator, Representatives in Congress, and Presidential Electors; and one ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Gov ernor, State officers, Circuit Solici tors, members of the House of Repre sentatives, State Senator, county officers, and one ballot for all Con stitutional amendments and special questions, each of three said boxes to be appropriately labelled; which ballots shall be of plain white paper and of such width and length as to -contain the names of the officer or officers and question or questions to be voted for or upon, clear and even cut, without ornament, designation, mutilation, symbol or mark of any kind whatsoever, except the name or names of the person or persons voted for and the office to which such per son or persons are intended to be chosen, and all special questions which name or names, officer or offi cers, question or questions shall De written or printed or partly written or partly printed thereon in black ink; and such ballot shall be so folded as to cqnceal the name or names, question er questions thereon, and so folded, shall be deposited in a box to be constructed, kept and dis posed of as herein provided by law, and no ballot of any otJ*er. descrl^f1?1T? found in either of said boxes shall ^On^Hpeelirqueseronrfte^ shall state the question, or questions, and shall thereafter have the words <.Yp?" and "No" inserted so that the voter may indicate his vote by strik ing out one or the other of sucn words on said ballot, the word not so stricken out to be counted. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls, Managers and_Cle.r?;sf^U^ take and subscribe the Constitution^ oath The Chairman of the Board of Managers can ^minister the oat ?n he other members and to tne riprk a Notary Public must admin ister the oath to the Chairman. The Managers elect their Cha.rman and Clpolis at each voting place must bo The Managers have the power w fill a vacancy, and if none Managers aUend, the.citizens?? point from among the quahnea ers the Managers, who, atwr De.ng sworn, can conduct the aecU ? At th? onH Clerk muat proceed publfc^'to ?P?ntfeth^r""nt ""ami"corw run^wUhou?^ou??n.iluthe sign th* same. rhainnan 0f the Boearrd orr,flome one designated by the SET containing Oje baUoU and written statements of the re^j. the election. jon quBiified elec tor! will vote upon^the nstitution 8^ Prided in the fol 10WAin5o.NT S ^ ?i^UrmboyfP^ viding for * ?^n4pnt of Education. STifiSiaW o?rt. Constitution, ? !SS3.??sr?sSt Saction JUlattng to inK An Amendment to Section 5, Ar ticle X, of the* Constitution, Exempt ing York County from the Provisions I hereof as t?> Boj&ded [odfibt^dnMI fiir Highway Purpose*. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Con stitution, Relating to Municipal Bond Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto to to the Town of Greeley vil.lt1, Williamsburg County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5*, Article XI, of the Constitu tion Relating to School Districts by Adding a Special Proviso hh to Pick ens County. A JOINT RESOLUTION Propos ing Amendment to Section 5, of Ar ticle 10, of the Constitution Relating to the Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Districts by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to McCormick District No. 4, of McCormick County, South Caro "a JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend. Section ?6, of Article X, of the Con*! stitution Relating to School District Bonded Indebtedness by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to McColl School! District No. 12. i A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amepd Section 7{v of Article VIII, and Sec*1 tion 5, of Article X, of the Constitu-' t ion Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness by Adding a Proviso thereto Exempting the Town of Clio from said sections. 1 A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article X, of the Consti tution Relating to the Limit of Bond-' ; tution Relating to the Limit of Bond ed Debt of School' Districts by Add ing a Proviso Thereto as to Mulling School District No. 16, Marion County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section-5, of Article X, of the Con stitution Relating to School District Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Clio School District No. 9. ' A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, of Article X, of the Consti tution relating to School District Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the School Dis trict Known as Marlboro Graded School District No. 10. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article X, of the Constitu tion Relating to Bonded Indebtedness of Counties, Townships, School Dis tricts, etc., by Adding a Proviso Per mitting the County of Spartanburg to Incur Bonded' Indebtedness to An Amount not Exceeding Fifteen Per Centum of the Assessed Value of All Taxable Property Therein. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, Article VHI> of the Con stitution of South Carolina Relating to Municipal Bonded indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Town of Mullins. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Artide X, of the Consti tution Relating to the Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Distticts by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Loris School District No. 18, of Horry County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article X, of the Consti tution Relating to the Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Districts tyy Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Green Sea School District No. 7, of Horry County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section Five (6), Article Ten (10), of the Constitution by Increasing the Limit of Bonded Indebtedness of Greenwood School District No. 18, of. Greenwood County. A JOINT RESOLUTION ^Propos ing An Amendment to Article X of the Constitution, by Adding Threto Section 14b, to Empower''the City of Greenville and City of Spartanburg ? to Assess Abutting Property for Per manent Improvenients, A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article 10, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Bonded Indebt edness of School Districts by Adding a Proviso Thereto a a to Turbeville School District No. 21, Clarendon County, andby Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Town of Fort Mill, in Yotk County, A JOINT RESOLUTION Propos ing Amendment to Section 5, of Ar tide 10, of the Constitution Relating to the Limit of the Bonded f)ebt of School Districts by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Bishopville School Dis trict No. 1, of Lee County, South Carolina. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Con stitution of South Carolina Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Town of Timmonsville, Florence County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, of Article VIII, and Sec tion 5, of Article X, of the Constitu tion Relating to Municipal Bonded In debtedness by Adding a Proviso Thereto Exempting the Town of Mc CoH from Said Sections. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article 10, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Bonded Indebted ness of Counties, Townships, etc., by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Man ning School District %No. 9, in the County of Clarendon. Z t? A JOINT RESOLUTION Propos ing Amendment to Section 5, of Ar-# tide 10, of the Constitution Relating' to thC Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Districts by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Heath Springs District No. 38, of Lancaster County, South Carolina. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, and Section 5, Article X, of the Constitution Re lating to Municipal Bonded In debtedness, by Adding Proviso There to a* to the Town of Batesburg, in Lexington County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Pro pose an'Amendment to Section II, Ar ticle IV, of the Contitution by Pro viding the Tewn of Office %for Gov ernor for Four Years. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 6, Article X, of the Constitu tion Relating to Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Districts by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to School Dis trict Nor-?r?heroicee~?punty: " A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Sections 6 and 6, Article X, of the Constitution Relating to the Limit of the Bonded Debt of Townships, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Township of St. James Snntee, Charleston, S. C., as now Constituted. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article 10, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Limitation of the Bonded Debt of School Districts by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Mc Bee School District No. 39, in Ches terfield County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article X, of the Constitu tion Relating to! the Limits of the Bonded Debt of School Districts, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Hartsyille School District No. 32, in Darlington County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 10, Article X, of the Consti tution Relating to the Fiscal Year, by Changing Same from the 1st Day of January to the Section 7, Article 8, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Bonded Indebted ness of School district by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Manning School District No. !), (')urendort Count y, A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section Seven (7), Article Eight (8), and Sections Five and Six'of Article Ten (to) of the* Constitution, Ro tating to Bonded* Indebtedness by Adding a Provision Thereto as to the County of Edgefield. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section, 5, Article 10, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Lftnit of the Handed Debt of School Districts by Adding, a Proviso Thereto as to Sar dis "School District No. 12, Florence County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article X, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Districts, by Adding *a Proviso Thereto \ as to Olanta School District No." 21, in Florence County, South Carolina. vA JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Paragraph 5, Article X, of the Con stitution Relating to the Bonded In Debtedness of Counties, School Dis tricts, etc,, by Adding a Proviso as to the Couiity of Florence. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Con stitution Relating to the Limit oi the Bonded Debt of Cities, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Cities Contain ing a Population in Excess of 1,000 Inhabitants. A JOINT RESOLUTION Propos ing an Amendment to Section 16, of Article IV, Relating to Extra Ses gions oi the General Assembly. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Ameiul Section 7, Article VIII, of the Consti tution of South Carolina^Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Town of Lake City, Florence County. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 6, Article X, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Districts, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to pam plico School District No. 19, in Flor ence County* South Carolina; AN ACT TO PROPOSE an Amend ment to Section 11, Article 10, of the Constitution by Adding a Proviso Thereto for the Levy of An Annual Tax Biennially. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, Article VIII of the Consti tution Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the City of Georgetown. - A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article X, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Limit of the ;Bonded Debt of School- Districts, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Sum^ mprville School District, Being "School District No. 18, of Dorchester County, the State of South Carolina." A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article X, of the Constitu tion Relating to the Limit of Bonded Debt of School Districts, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Kock Hill School District No. 12, York County. * A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, of Article VIII, and. Sec tion 5, of Article X, of the Constitu tion, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Limit of Bonded Debt of the Town of GafFney, in the County ot Chero kee. A JOINT RESOLUTION Propos ing an Amendment to Section 24, of. Article IV.' of the Constitution by ^Changing the Term of Office of Cer tain State Officers from Two to Four Years. A JOINT RESOLUTION Propos ing an Amendment to Section 28, of Article _Vf Changing the Term -of Office Of Attorney General. A .JOINT RESOLUTION Proj>os: ing un Amendment 14 Section of Artiest) XI, of the Constitution Re lating to the Area of School Jifotrlcts, A joint RESOLUTION to Pro pose an Amendment to Section I), Ar ticle 3, pf the Constitution, by Pro viding for Biennial Sessions of tho. Gt uetal A? si'lnhlv. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Se< tion Article XI. of the Constitu tion Relating to an Annual Levy of Three-Mill Tax for School Purposes in this Stute. At the said election the qualified electors will also vote upon the ques tion of the State's isstflng ten million dollars in bonds as provided in tho following Act: AN ACT to Submit to the Qualified Electors of this State at the Gener-Hl* .Election to bo Held in 1024, tho Ques tion of tho State's Issuing Bonds to the Amount of Ten Million ($10,000, 000.00) Dollars for the Purpose 01 a Building and Improvement Program for the Benefit of EducatioC: Chari table and Penal Institutions of this State. Election Managers. The following Managers of Klec I tion have been appointed to hold tKe election at the various precincts in 1 the said county: I Camden?M. L. Smith, Jr., W; A. . Clarke, Jack Watkins. . # I Buffalo?W. P. SoWell\^a B. Ca too, D. S. Catoe. Raley's Mill?O. C. Stogner.J. F. Baker, Tom Mangum. Shaylop's Hill?R. A. McDowell, L. L. Young, Sam Homsby. Beaverdam?\V. W. Horton, J. E.. Brannon, W. N. West, 0 Bethuno?H. F, Lee, Ralph Mc ' Caskill, Loring Davis. Wateree Mills?J. L. DeBruhl, W. R. Humes, T. J. Truesdel. Neds Creek?Sam Williams, B. E. Roberts, V. A. Humphries. Gates Ford?W. C. Gandy, L. K. McCaskill, W, E. Elliott. Stokes School House?C. F. Hum phries, J. H* RatclifTe. W, H. Watkins. Cantey Hill?A. F. Watts, E. E. Holland, S. C. Rose. Blaney?Hallie Jeffers, B. K. Rose, J-Jr-G. Kelly. Three C's?G. C, Sowell, D_ H. Coates, J, M. Croxton. ? Charlotte Thompson?D. L. Sowell, E. C. Pearce, E. N. Workman. Liberty Hill?L. P. Thompson, F. B. Floyd, R. C. Jones. Lugoff?James Team, Jrohn Rabon, Jr., Victor Ward. Hermitage Mill?W. T. Hasty, G. B. DeBruhl, W. B. Player. Mt. Zlon School House?Rufus Moseley. C. U. Myters, Eugene Lee. Stoneboro?James Addison, J. G. Caston, Vernon Hammond. Ratcliffe Mill-J. H. McCaskill, S.^ B. Hall, Thomas Barnes. Stockton?E. C. Pearce, Henry Arrants, ;E. M. Workman. .. :? ?Oassatt?H. T. Hough, W. J. Davis, W. T. Davis. Kershaw? John A. McCaskill, Lewis Truesdel, Amos Cook. Rabon's Cross Roads?English Bran ham, Eddie Barfield, J. L. Ilin son. WeStville?Lewis R.CIyburn, David E. Truesdale, Herbert B. Young. The Managers at each precinct, above namedr are requested to dele gate one of their number to call at th Court House on Saturday, Nov. 1, and secure the boxes, tickets, blanks, etc. C. A. JOHNSON, J. R. WEST, W. T. PLAYER, Commissioners of State -? and County Elections for Kershaw County, S. C. October 16,, 1924. ? - TV . : ' -- Vy+JSJF-- " ?.-? 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